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The EU is moving forward with legislation to require ISA, Intelligent Speed Assistance, in all new cars starting in 2022. This system will use GPS, map databases, and speed limit reading cameras to limit speed. Speed limiting will be accomplished by limiting engine power. Drivers can temporarily override the system by pressing down hard on the accelerator. It seems that, at least to start, the system will have an off button. Other requirements of the legislation include a system to monitor the driver for drowsiness, and inattention, as well as standard hookups for in car breathalysers. It seems the driver monitoring systems may include in car cameras pointed at the driver.
Sources:
thisismoney.co.uk
fortune.com
euractiv.com
theengineer.co.uk
gizmodo.com
Previously on Soylent: Volvo: In-Car Cameras Will Monitor Drivers and Take Action to Prevent Distracted or Impaired Driving
(Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Thursday March 28 2019, @04:58PM (1 child)
I remember people draining the pellets out of catalytic converters in their vehicles when those first came out. The performance and mileage improvement was pretty noticeable.
Presumably this won't impact performance and gas mileage however, and computers will just be set to require the box to report it is active before you get to drive. Yay.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by mhajicek on Thursday March 28 2019, @09:57PM
Limiting speed is by definition impacting performance.
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